61 Quotes by Daniel Ek

I was born in Sweden, and in Sweden we are known for the piracy services.

There are millions of people who consume music illegally every month. Just getting them into a legal service will make the music industry way bigger than it's ever been before.

I had two passions growing up - one was music, one was technology. I tried to play in a band for a while, but I was never talented enough to make it. And I started companies. One day came along and I decided to combine the two - and there was Spotify.

I actually bought a travel guitar, and that guitar is really cool. You can actually fold the guitar, and you can plug headphones into it, but it's acoustic, or semi-acoustic.

At the end of the day, I want the music industry to be larger than what it is today.

Spotify has paid more than two billion dollars to labels, publishers and collecting societies for distribution to songwriters and recording artists.

I'm not an inventor. I just want to make things better.

In general, people are comfortable sharing their music. There are two exceptions, though - Lady Gaga and Britney Spears.

People just want to have access to all of the world's music.